Chapter 2972
Chapter 2972
Chapter 2972
Eleven years ago, in order to seize control of the entrance and exit on the west side of the Strait of Malacca, the Johor State united with the British colonists to launch an attack on the newly established Sing Tao Colonial Point.
At that time, Johor was the most powerful of several small countries that were split off after the Malacca Dynasty was destroyed by the Portuguese.The king of Johor also considers himself the successor of the Malacca dynasty, and intends to integrate a bunch of small countries on the Malay Peninsula and restore the glory of the dynasty.
The British colonists hoped to unite Johor, a local snake, to deal with competitors such as Portugal and Haihan.The Johor State believes that this operation is a "strong alliance", and the two sides hit it off.But they did not take advantage of the newly arrived Haihan Army. Instead, they suffered a heavy blow in the process of forcibly crossing the Johor Strait.
After this battle, most of the warships and sailors of the Johor Navy were lost, and hundreds of soldiers were captured. Finally, they had to ask the Haihan Army stationed in Xingdao for a truce for peace.
So under the auspices of Roger, the two sides signed the "Sing Tao Treaty". One of the peace conditions stipulated in the treaty is to use the Johor Strait as the boundary, and the Johor State shall no longer touch the area south of the strait.
Several important islands in the channel of the strait, such as Singdao, Bintan Island, and Batam Island, which originally belonged to Johor's sphere of influence, were all assigned to Haihan.
This war interrupted the rise of Johor. At that time, Terengganu, Kelantan, Pattani and other countries had become the targets of Johor's annexation. If Haihan hadn't intervened, these small countries would have been wiped out by Johor.
Although today's Johor is a lot more honest, it does not mean that the country has given up its hatred of Haihan.At least so far, the two countries have not established normalized diplomatic relations.
"If possible, I hope that Johor will be further divided into several small countries, which will be more conducive to our control of the situation in the Malay Peninsula."
With no outsiders present at the moment, Tan Tianlei expressed his attitude towards Johor without hesitation.
Qian Tiandun smiled, the young man's thoughts were so straightforward, but his examination of the situation was not comprehensive enough.
Qian Tiandun said slowly: "The division of Johor must mean war. If it leads to turmoil in the Malay Peninsula, it may not be a good thing for Sing Tao."
Tan Tianlei said: "My father also thinks the same way, but how can we allow others to snore beside the couch. A country like Johor is always a hidden danger to us. If we don't deal with it, problems will happen sooner or later."
Qian Tiandun said: "There are many mountains in Johor, and there are few high-value natural resources. The cost performance of its military use is very low. But its existence will put pressure on the surrounding small countries, which will make some countries fall to our side to seek shelter."
"In addition, Johor and the Portuguese are also feuds. Keeping Johor can also make the Portuguese a little more honest, and will not put all their energy on competing with us for control of the Strait of Malacca."
Tan Tianlei bowed down to be taught, but as to whether he really listened to it, I don't know.
On the coast of Johor, there are several small coastal cities built at the mouth of the river, but in view of the relationship between the two countries, it is obviously inconvenient for the Haihan fleet to stop at these places.
However, for the purpose of showing off its force, when passing these places, the fleet will still deliberately slow down and approach the coast, and the flagship Weibang will sound its whistle to announce its arrival to the people near the coast.
Three days after leaving Kelantan, the fleet reached the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, and the outline of Bintan Island on the sea level could already be seen.From here, the fleet would turn around and head west toward the Straits of Malacca.The destination of this trip is Xingdao, dozens of miles away.
"The bauxite mine in the southern part of Bintan Island has been mined two years ago. It is said that this is one of the best quality bauxite mines in my country. In recent years, the Ministry of Industry has sent many people here one after another. The committee also attaches great importance to this place.”
When passing by the north side of Bintan Island, Tan Tianlei introduced the development here to Qian Tiandun.
Qian Tiandun has also heard about the bauxite mines on Bintan Island. Although there are bauxite mines in Annan, they are all located in inland mountainous areas and are inconvenient to develop. However, the bauxite mines on Bintan Island are located near the coast, and the veins are on the surface. It is convenient for surface mining.
Qian Tiandun asked: "I remember that very early on, the Ministry of Industry planned to develop the bauxite mine on Bintan Island. Why did it delay until two years ago?"
A helpless smile appeared on Tan Tianlei's face: "There is not enough manpower. The natives here are lazy, and there are not many people who volunteer to be miners. We can only use prisoners."
Qian Tiandun suddenly realized that this place is not comparable to the country, and it is not easy to develop industries that require a large amount of labor.
The climate in South Asia has created a rich ecological environment here. There are all kinds of rare and exotic fruits all over the mountains and plains. The natives don’t even need to grow food. They only need to pick wild melons and fruits, plus the harvest from hunting and fishing, to survive.
For the natives, the way of life of their ancestors is the same. They have no concept of a higher quality of life, and have no intention of changing their lives through work.
After the Haihan people came here, they spent a long time cultivating the consumption concept of the natives, allowing them to gradually learn to exchange their labor for ironware, cloth, cigarettes, wine and other daily necessities.
After the concept of consumption came into being, some natives began to leave their cottages to work for the Haihan people.
This process is the same as the time traveler tamed the local Li people in Sanya, but the difference is that the Li people have a certain yearning for a high-quality life outside the mountains and can communicate with the Han people.However, the natives of South Asia are not civilized at all, let alone have any pursuits in life, and it is even more difficult to change their way of life.
However, Xingdao is too far away from the mainland of Haihan, and there are not many Han immigrants who are willing to take the initiative to relocate here from China.For a long period of time, one of the main sources of population of Xingdao turned out to be prisoners exiled from all over the place.
After Haihan captured Manila in 1637, a large number of people who had worked for the Spanish colonial authorities were exiled to Xingdao.According to the official statistics of Sing Tao, in the three years after the First World War in Manila, at least [-] prisoners from Luzon Island arrived at the hard labor camp in Sing Tao.
Slaves, prisoners and prisoners of war from all over the world have been the main labor force for the completion of infrastructure projects in Sing Tao in the past 20 years.Even now, nearly half of the miners working on Bintan Island are from the local labor camps.
Although these prisoner coolies are cheap to use, they are limited in number and cannot meet the growing development needs of Xingdao.
(End of this chapter)
Eleven years ago, in order to seize control of the entrance and exit on the west side of the Strait of Malacca, the Johor State united with the British colonists to launch an attack on the newly established Sing Tao Colonial Point.
At that time, Johor was the most powerful of several small countries that were split off after the Malacca Dynasty was destroyed by the Portuguese.The king of Johor also considers himself the successor of the Malacca dynasty, and intends to integrate a bunch of small countries on the Malay Peninsula and restore the glory of the dynasty.
The British colonists hoped to unite Johor, a local snake, to deal with competitors such as Portugal and Haihan.The Johor State believes that this operation is a "strong alliance", and the two sides hit it off.But they did not take advantage of the newly arrived Haihan Army. Instead, they suffered a heavy blow in the process of forcibly crossing the Johor Strait.
After this battle, most of the warships and sailors of the Johor Navy were lost, and hundreds of soldiers were captured. Finally, they had to ask the Haihan Army stationed in Xingdao for a truce for peace.
So under the auspices of Roger, the two sides signed the "Sing Tao Treaty". One of the peace conditions stipulated in the treaty is to use the Johor Strait as the boundary, and the Johor State shall no longer touch the area south of the strait.
Several important islands in the channel of the strait, such as Singdao, Bintan Island, and Batam Island, which originally belonged to Johor's sphere of influence, were all assigned to Haihan.
This war interrupted the rise of Johor. At that time, Terengganu, Kelantan, Pattani and other countries had become the targets of Johor's annexation. If Haihan hadn't intervened, these small countries would have been wiped out by Johor.
Although today's Johor is a lot more honest, it does not mean that the country has given up its hatred of Haihan.At least so far, the two countries have not established normalized diplomatic relations.
"If possible, I hope that Johor will be further divided into several small countries, which will be more conducive to our control of the situation in the Malay Peninsula."
With no outsiders present at the moment, Tan Tianlei expressed his attitude towards Johor without hesitation.
Qian Tiandun smiled, the young man's thoughts were so straightforward, but his examination of the situation was not comprehensive enough.
Qian Tiandun said slowly: "The division of Johor must mean war. If it leads to turmoil in the Malay Peninsula, it may not be a good thing for Sing Tao."
Tan Tianlei said: "My father also thinks the same way, but how can we allow others to snore beside the couch. A country like Johor is always a hidden danger to us. If we don't deal with it, problems will happen sooner or later."
Qian Tiandun said: "There are many mountains in Johor, and there are few high-value natural resources. The cost performance of its military use is very low. But its existence will put pressure on the surrounding small countries, which will make some countries fall to our side to seek shelter."
"In addition, Johor and the Portuguese are also feuds. Keeping Johor can also make the Portuguese a little more honest, and will not put all their energy on competing with us for control of the Strait of Malacca."
Tan Tianlei bowed down to be taught, but as to whether he really listened to it, I don't know.
On the coast of Johor, there are several small coastal cities built at the mouth of the river, but in view of the relationship between the two countries, it is obviously inconvenient for the Haihan fleet to stop at these places.
However, for the purpose of showing off its force, when passing these places, the fleet will still deliberately slow down and approach the coast, and the flagship Weibang will sound its whistle to announce its arrival to the people near the coast.
Three days after leaving Kelantan, the fleet reached the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, and the outline of Bintan Island on the sea level could already be seen.From here, the fleet would turn around and head west toward the Straits of Malacca.The destination of this trip is Xingdao, dozens of miles away.
"The bauxite mine in the southern part of Bintan Island has been mined two years ago. It is said that this is one of the best quality bauxite mines in my country. In recent years, the Ministry of Industry has sent many people here one after another. The committee also attaches great importance to this place.”
When passing by the north side of Bintan Island, Tan Tianlei introduced the development here to Qian Tiandun.
Qian Tiandun has also heard about the bauxite mines on Bintan Island. Although there are bauxite mines in Annan, they are all located in inland mountainous areas and are inconvenient to develop. However, the bauxite mines on Bintan Island are located near the coast, and the veins are on the surface. It is convenient for surface mining.
Qian Tiandun asked: "I remember that very early on, the Ministry of Industry planned to develop the bauxite mine on Bintan Island. Why did it delay until two years ago?"
A helpless smile appeared on Tan Tianlei's face: "There is not enough manpower. The natives here are lazy, and there are not many people who volunteer to be miners. We can only use prisoners."
Qian Tiandun suddenly realized that this place is not comparable to the country, and it is not easy to develop industries that require a large amount of labor.
The climate in South Asia has created a rich ecological environment here. There are all kinds of rare and exotic fruits all over the mountains and plains. The natives don’t even need to grow food. They only need to pick wild melons and fruits, plus the harvest from hunting and fishing, to survive.
For the natives, the way of life of their ancestors is the same. They have no concept of a higher quality of life, and have no intention of changing their lives through work.
After the Haihan people came here, they spent a long time cultivating the consumption concept of the natives, allowing them to gradually learn to exchange their labor for ironware, cloth, cigarettes, wine and other daily necessities.
After the concept of consumption came into being, some natives began to leave their cottages to work for the Haihan people.
This process is the same as the time traveler tamed the local Li people in Sanya, but the difference is that the Li people have a certain yearning for a high-quality life outside the mountains and can communicate with the Han people.However, the natives of South Asia are not civilized at all, let alone have any pursuits in life, and it is even more difficult to change their way of life.
However, Xingdao is too far away from the mainland of Haihan, and there are not many Han immigrants who are willing to take the initiative to relocate here from China.For a long period of time, one of the main sources of population of Xingdao turned out to be prisoners exiled from all over the place.
After Haihan captured Manila in 1637, a large number of people who had worked for the Spanish colonial authorities were exiled to Xingdao.According to the official statistics of Sing Tao, in the three years after the First World War in Manila, at least [-] prisoners from Luzon Island arrived at the hard labor camp in Sing Tao.
Slaves, prisoners and prisoners of war from all over the world have been the main labor force for the completion of infrastructure projects in Sing Tao in the past 20 years.Even now, nearly half of the miners working on Bintan Island are from the local labor camps.
Although these prisoner coolies are cheap to use, they are limited in number and cannot meet the growing development needs of Xingdao.
(End of this chapter)